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Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul

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Address345 Washington Street
Saint Paul
MN 55102
United States
ContainsConcert Hall
Music Theater
Google maps44° 56' 40.499" N 93° 5' 51.526" W
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Fresh and vital performances from the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

In a vibrant Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra program, two repertoire staples were paired with an early Mendelssohn symphony that deserves to be better-known.
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In a highly effective stage presentation, the Minnesota Opera tells Jules Massenet’s story of two personalities whose spiritual journeys are like two ships passing in the night.
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Arrestingly effective: Dead Man Walking at Minnesota Opera

Dead Man Walking is currently the most frequently performed contemporary American opera. Joel Ivany's staging, first mounted in Vancouver, opened recently at Minnesota Opera just days after the opera's Spanish première in Madrid. 
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Highly idiomatic and effective singing by Greer Grimsley, Denyce Graves and other cast members, coupled with inventive stagecraft wizardry, make the Minnesota Opera's first-ever Rheingold a memorable production.
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